Savannah, NY

Savannah is a town in the southeast portion of Wayne County, New York, United States. The 2010 census counted 1,730 residents. The town has a hamlet, also called Savannah. Government offices for the town are located there. Savannah's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider New York setting. The local scoop is how Savannah's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Fort Hill, located on the highest land in the town, is a historic native village and was the site of a Jesuit mission in the 17th century, built by the remains of an earlier, "Owasco", village. Like other nearby towns, Savannah was part of the Central New York Military Tract. The eastern town line is the border of Cayuga County, and the southern boundary is the border of Seneca County.